OET interlinear 2 SAM 14:26

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

וּֽ⁠בְ⁠גַלְּח⁠וֹ֮ אֶת־רֹאשׁ⁠וֹ֒ וְֽ֠⁠הָיָה מִ⁠קֵּ֨ץ יָמִ֤ים ׀ לַ⁠יָּמִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְגַלֵּ֔חַ כִּֽי־כָבֵ֥ד עָלָ֖י⁠ו וְ⁠גִלְּח֑⁠וֹ וְ⁠שָׁקַל֙ אֶת־שְׂעַ֣ר רֹאשׁ֔⁠וֹ מָאתַ֥יִם שְׁקָלִ֖ים בְּ⁠אֶ֥בֶן הַ⁠מֶּֽלֶךְ

(Some words not found in UHB: and,when,shaved,he DOM his/its=head and=it_was from_the=end/extremity days to,days which/who cut that/for/because/then/when heavy on/upon/above=him/it and,he,shaved_it and,he_weighed DOM hair_of his/its=head two_hundreds shekels by,the_weight_of of,the_king )

If it would be more natural in your language, you may want to put the initial statement about Absalom shaving his hair with the information about him weighing his hair. Alternate translation: [At the end of years to years he would shave, because it was heavy on him, so he would shave it. And when he shaved his head and weighed the hair of his head, it weighed 200 shekels by the stone of the king]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

מִ⁠קֵּ֨ץ יָמִ֤ים ׀ לַ⁠יָּמִים֙

(Some words not found in UHB: and,when,shaved,he DOM his/its=head and=it_was from_the=end/extremity days to,days which/who cut that/for/because/then/when heavy on/upon/above=him/it and,he,shaved_it and,he_weighed DOM hair_of his/its=head two_hundreds shekels by,the_weight_of of,the_king )

The author is using at the end of years to years as a common expression of his culture to mean “at the end of each year.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [at the end of each year]

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

כִּֽי־כָבֵ֥ד עָלָ֖י⁠ו וְ⁠גִלְּח֑⁠וֹ

(Some words not found in UHB: and,when,shaved,he DOM his/its=head and=it_was from_the=end/extremity days to,days which/who cut that/for/because/then/when heavy on/upon/above=him/it and,he,shaved_it and,he_weighed DOM hair_of his/its=head two_hundreds shekels by,the_weight_of of,the_king )

The pronoun it refers in the first instance to Absalom’s hair and in the second instance to his head. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [because his hair heavy on him, so he would shave his head]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

מָאתַ֥יִם שְׁקָלִ֖ים בְּ⁠אֶ֥בֶן הַ⁠מֶּֽלֶךְ

two_hundreds (Some words not found in UHB: and,when,shaved,he DOM his/its=head and=it_was from_the=end/extremity days to,days which/who cut that/for/because/then/when heavy on/upon/above=him/it and,he,shaved_it and,he_weighed DOM hair_of his/its=head two_hundreds shekels by,the_weight_of of,the_king )

The author is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [he found that it weighed 200 shekels by the stone of the king]

Note 5 topic: translate-bweight

בְּ⁠אֶ֥בֶן הַ⁠מֶּֽלֶךְ

(Some words not found in UHB: and,when,shaved,he DOM his/its=head and=it_was from_the=end/extremity days to,days which/who cut that/for/because/then/when heavy on/upon/above=him/it and,he,shaved_it and,he_weighed DOM hair_of his/its=head two_hundreds shekels by,the_weight_of of,the_king )

See the discussion of this phrase in the Introduction to this chapter for an explanation of what it might mean and for suggestions as to how you might represent it in your translation.